A torrent!
Posted by Pete Bouchard
Wild day across New England. Violent wind, flooding rain, lightning....
...and sticky air.
The airmass over us today was like what you see in the Caribbean: tropical, loaded with water, and just itching to drop rain. We knew it wouldn't take much to fire up a storm, and once they got going, they put on quite a show.
Still trying to confirm whether it was a tornado that went through Glastonbury and Manchester, CT. There was certainly a classic signature on radar when we were tracking the storm, AND plenty of trees have been downed, but we'll wait for official word from the National Weather Service.
Elsewhere it was the "pull over to the side of the road" rain that had everyone buzzing. Rainfall amounts were nearly 2 inches in a matter of minutes all across Eastern Massachusetts. Flash flooding was the worry through the evening drive as the storms rolled through.
Now, as the worst seems to have passed, the focus shifts to the weekend.
Washed out?
No, but showers will threaten
Threatened by severe weather?
No outbreaks, but a few severe cells possible Saturday afternoon
Warm?
More muggy air, yes, but not hot
Windy?
Nope
Drying out?
By Sunday afternoon
The spin on the weekend: don't expect much sun. We'll see some hazy sun tomorrow afternoon, then the clouds will hold sway on Sunday. PASSING storms Saturday afternoon, but a general light rain on Sunday will slowly inch off Cape. That means the Falmouth Road Race may be wet. Nothing drenching, but still enough to get the running shoes soaked by the end of the race.
'Course Monday's back to the sun and lovely temps.
Enjoy the weekend, and make do!
Pete
That's A Wrap--I Think
Posted by Jeremy Reiner
I hope I'm not jinxing us with this statement.."The recent wet pattern is over....onto sunshine & a more summer- like pattern.." The last time someone from 7 weather called a pattern change too soon we got a blizzard and 3 subsequent nor'easters (looking at you Pete!!--LOL). We don't have to worry about any blizzards or nor'easters but one never knows in the new world order.
Like A Waterfall
Posted by Pete Bouchard
If you were caught in those 'cloudbursts' today, you had more than you could handle in the rain department. Torrents fell in a short amount of time - what we deem 'flash flooding' in the weather biz. Since it happens suddenly, the National Weather Service has adopted the acronym TADD:
Bam! Pow!
Posted by Jeremy Reiner
Bam. Pow! Those were some nasty storms last evening with some towns in metrowest & the city itself blasted with locally heavy rain, hail, lightning and strong wind gusts. A cool front is the culprit and that front will linger across the region again today. That means another round of some scattered showers & t-storms likely.
Thunderous Start to Workweek
Posted by Pete Bouchard
Heat and a bit of humidity fed a strong - and sometimes severe - line of thunderstorms today. By the time the dinner hour rolled around (6pm-ish), the storms had consolidated into a line. Everyone got a drink of water and a big drop in temperatures - some falling nearly 20 degrees in minutes!